What is the most common complaint against Stenger & Stenger, P.C?

The most common issue consumers report about Stenger & Stenger, P.C is "Took or threatened to take negative or legal action", specifically "Sued you without properly notifying you of lawsuit". This is based on 336 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Stenger & Stenger, P.C increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Stenger & Stenger, P.C have been stable. The company received 76 complaints in the last 12 months.

What is Stenger & Stenger, P.C's reputation grade?

Stenger & Stenger, P.C has a reputation grade of D (score: 52.4/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Stenger & Stenger, P.C respond to consumer complaints?

Stenger & Stenger, P.C has a 100% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 29% of cases.

In how many states does Stenger & Stenger, P.C operate?

Stenger & Stenger, P.C has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 15 states, with the most complaints from Ohio (76 complaints).

This data comes from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database and reflects consumer complaints, not proven violations.

Stenger & Stenger, P.C - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 15 states, reputation grade D.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

96
Attempts to collect debt not owed

92
False statements or representation

51
Written notification about debt

44
Communication tactics

16
Taking/threatening an illegal action

12

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record stenger-stenger-pc Stenger & Stenger, P.C

Grade D · 336 CFPB filings · 100% timely · lead issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action · vol #369 · compose #3826

VOL 336
GRADE D
12MO 76
STATES 15
TIMELY 100%
DISPUTE 29%
ISSUE Took or threatened to take…
RANK #369
COMPOSE #3,826

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: Avant Holding Company, Inc. (338 complaints)

CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

Stenger & Stenger, P.C's 336 CFPB complaints sit next to Avant Holding Company, Inc. on the volume neighbourhood; peer NAMES stay, and disposition VALUES are this collector's. Grades compare collectors to each other - a complaint is a filing, not a proven violation. How to read a complaint count →

Spiky monthly series

Ohio is the plurality state for Stenger & Stenger, P.C (22.6%)

The 2025-06 spike coincides with a 3,457-place gap between volume rank #369 and composite #3,826. Corpus placement method.

Plurality state: Ohio 22.6%; Mid-band (15–30%) · 15 states with ≥1 filing
Spike month: 2025-06 100.0%; 1 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #369 volume; #3,826 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 3,457 places worse than volume

How does Stenger & Stenger, P.C compare to its peers?

How does Stenger & Stenger, P.C compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Stenger & Stenger, P.C National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

159

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

100%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

29%

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2025-06 2025-06

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	96
Attempts to collect debt not owed	92
False statements or representation	51
Written notification about debt	44
Communication tactics	16
Taking/threatening an illegal action	12
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	9
Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly	9
Disclosure verification of debt	5
Electronic communications	2

Where do complaints against Stenger & Stenger, P.C come from?

Stenger & Stenger, P.C's own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Ohio

76
Georgia

56
Michigan

56
Indiana

38
Tennessee

33
Kentucky

27
Colorado

15
Minnesota

15

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Stenger & Stenger, P.C: nearest all-time CFPB complaint volume and nearest CFPB timely-response rate among collectors with at least 100 logged complaints. State breakdowns above stay geographic; these neighborhoods vary by metric.

Similar filing volume

Nearest collectors by total CFPB complaints. This record: 336.

4 peers

Similar timely response rate

Nearest collectors by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 99.68051118210862%.

4 peers

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Data sourced from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCollector

According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Consumer Complaint Database, 1,139,236 debt collection complaints are represented in the current PlainCollector snapshot. See our methodology for how PlainCollector computes each company's reputation grade from this data.

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